Report: July 1 start for MLB 'optimistic'
On Monday, former MLB player and current podcaster Trevor Plouffe gave baseball fans yearning to see action occur at ballparks amid the COVID-19 pandemic some hope that the 2020 season could begin on July 1:
Roughly 24 hours after Plouffe's report went viral among members of baseball Twitter, MLB Network insider Jon Heyman poured cold water over the story.
Baseball writer Keith Law of The Athletic also said that MLB and the MLB Players Association aren't close to an agreement regarding the start of the season while speaking on Cleveland radio station 92.3 The Fan.
Plouffe backed his original report with a somewhat NSFW tweet on Tuesday afternoon.
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